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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Simon i Sälle
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Här kommer Simon i Sälle
här kommer redeliga herrar,
här kommer Södermänner alla.

Så gladelig rider Simon i Sälle,
Så gladelig rida redeliga herrar,
Så gladelig rida Södermänner alla.

Här dansar skräddermästarn med sin fru,
Kom fram, du mästare, låt os se
om du kan dansa vackert som vi!

Sig gladde av hjärtat vor nyfikna stad.
Där fanns ej en enda, som inte var glad
när svärfar och svärmor med hela sin skara

dess tullportar nalkades utan all fara.
Kanonerna dundrande höjde sitt ljud.
Musköterna smattede välkomna bud.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960), "Simon i Sälle", Rudén no. 180 (1941) [ chorus a cappella ], arrangement of a folk melody [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Leif Møller

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-27
Line count: 15
Word count: 88

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